Howard University Homecoming Parade this Saturday

As a heads up, this is Howard University Homecoming Week. If you need to travel up and down Georgia Avenue, you can expect much heavier automobile and pedestrian traffic in the Georgia Avenue and Sherman Avenue corridors through this weekend.

Tomorrow is Howard’s homecoming parade. In addition to Georgia Avenue being closed during the parade, the 70-bus will be detoured to Sherman Avenue during that time. Below are details about the parade and associated road closures.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOMECOMING PARADE

This event is scheduled for Saturday, October 26, 2013. The staging area time will be at 7:00 am in front of the Johnson Administration Building (2400 6th Street, NW) on the Howard University campus.

Parade Route

The parade start time will be at 10:00 am until approximately 12:30 pm at which time the roadways mentioned below will re-open to traffic:

North on 6th Street, NW to Fairmont Street, NW

West on Fairmont Street, NW to Georgia Avenue, NW

South on Georgia Avenue, NW to Florida Avenue, NW

Southeast on Florida Avenue, NW to 5th Street, NW

North on 5th Street, NW to T Street, NW

East on T Street, NW to Anna Cooper Circle, NW

Southeast around the circle to 3rd Street, NW

North on 3rd Street, NW to Elm Street, NW

East on Elm Street, NW to 2nd Street, NW

North on 2nd Street, NW to Bryant Street, NW

West on Bryant Street, NW to 4th Street, NW

North on 4th Street, NW to the Valley (between College Street, NW and Howard Place, NW where parade will disband)